Hand-rail for stairways



(No Model.)

T. SIMONSON.

HAND RAIL FOR STAIRWAYS.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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vHAND -RltlL FOR STAI RWAYS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 287,968, dated November 6, 1883. Application mu July 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE SIMONSON, of Hillsborough, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hand-Rails for Stairways, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This inventionrelates 'to the hand-rails of open stair'ways,j which heretofore have required twistsor posts to extend in different directions.

The object of my invention isto provide cerwhich similar letters of reference indicate cor" responding parts in both the figures.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of the frames of stairways, the hand-railings of which i are provided with my improvements.

In open staircases composed of several successive sections, each running in a different direction, the hand-rails cannot be united or cut to fit well at inclines or angles without materially changing the shape or size, which makes, them very expensive.

I I arrange the sectionsof the stair-rail A in such a manner that they run out at the same height, the .risersof the stairway being arranged accordingly. Between the abutting ends of the railssections A, I place blocks or caps 33, to which the ends of the rail-sections are secured, and which caps can be made more or less ornamental. No part of the handrail need be twisted, its section is not changed, less material is required, no posts are needed, and the cost of the stairway is reduced very much.

i The blocks or caps also give the hand-rail it blocks or caps handsome finish, and permit of making open staircases in cheap houses, in which the ventilating open stairways have heretofore been re placed by the box or closed stairways, for which the railing 'couldbe provided more easily and at less expense than for an open stairway, in which the railing had to be twisted or a post provided in the usual way.

The aboue-mentioned caps or blocks are supported entirely by the rails, and as they are placed between the ends of the railsections they naturally unite them 5 but that is not their main functiombut only a secondary matter. The blocks 13 give the stairway, when finished,an appearance as if a post was provided at each turn, bend, or angle of the hand-rail, which effect is attained with less difficulty,labor, and expense than has heretofore been practicable.

I do not abandon or dedicate to the public any patentable feature set forth herein and not hereinafter claimed, but reserve the right to claim the same either in a reissue of any patent that may be granted upon this application or in any other applications for Letters Patent I may make.

' Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1 1. The combination, with the handrail sections of astairway, of blocks or caps supported by the meeting ends of thesections of the rail, whereby the ends of the rail-sections "can be finished and united without requiring them to be molded or shaped differently at the. ends,

substantially as herein shown and described.

2. Astairway-railing having a block or cap at each bend, angle, or turn, to which blocks or caps the ends of the rail sections are fast 'ened, the railing and blocks being supported by balusters, substantially as herein shown and described. 1

THEODORE SIBIONSON.

Witnesses:

WM. HoYT, M. MoKEEnAN. 

